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Vol. 44, No. 2

(Founded in 1972—Our 509th Consecutive Issue)

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dmittedly, I may well be the least qualified person at this fine publication to write about fashion—I’m currently wearing a pair of $10 jeans from Wal-Mart. No, fashion would really be more the territory of our own Jessica Johnson, but alas, the task falls to me.

You’ve heard the phrase, all hat, no cattle? A few weeks ago a very good friend of mine sent me an article from The Atlantic, dated December 10, 2014, entitled “Lumbersexuality and Its Discontents,” written by Willa Brown. It’s the hot new cultural and fashion trend for men.

Maybe you’ve heard of metrosexuals? A metrosexual is a straight guy who is basically what I would have called a preppy in high school; a pretty boy. Zack Morris, if you’re in the age group to know who Zack Morris was. Brad Paisley had a song about not being that kind of guy a few years ago. Well evidently, for people who think about this sort of thing, metrosexual is out, and lumbersexual is in.

A lumbersexual is easier to define: they have big bushy beards, wear a lot of flannel and work boots, but they don’t work in jobs that would require it. They’re going for the rugged, outdoorsy Paul Bunyan look—what people think a “lumberjack” looks like. That’s right, loggers: the hot new look is…you!

According to Brown’s article, this is an attempt to look more manly in the midst of a culture that many think has watered down traditional masculinity.

After reading it, I realized that I had in fact seen a lot of pretty-boy-preppy type guys, normally clean shaven, suddenly sporting big bushy beards.

Maybe it’s a Duck Dynasty thing? And again, I don’t mean guys who have always worn beards, or guys who actually do work outdoors. I mean guys who wear, I don’t know…Hollister or Abercrombie or whatever is “in”—not $10 Wal-Mart jeans.

And I noted that a lot of the women on my Facebook (see I still use Facebook, I’m not trendy enough for Twitter or Instagram) were suddenly posting about how much they love beards. But I noticed the bearded, beflanneled men they went out with were all hipsters and artists in coffee houses, not actual blue collar types. In fact, one of them even mentioned to me that none of the guys in her social circle knew how to even do yard work, nor did they have any inclination to try. It might get their work boots dirty.

So I decided to Google it, to see if there was anything else out there about this lumbersexual trend. And holy crap, but there is. Type in “lumbersexuals” in Google and the search returns, on the first page alone, articles from GearJunkie, Gawker, Buzzfeed, The Daily Beast, The Atlantic, Cosmopolitan and, well, Time magazine, all from within the last two months. Evidently, it was Gear6

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Junkie—whatever that is—that coined the term in an article from late October. For once in my life I find myself accidentally right on top of something when it’s still new.

“He looks like a man of the woods, but works at The Nerdery, programming for a healthy salary and benefits,” says the original GearJunkie article, “The Rise Of The ‘Lumbersexual’,” by Tom Puzak (http://gearjunkie.com/the-rise-ofthe-lumbersexual). “His backpack carries a MacBook Air, but looks like it should carry a lumberjack’s axe. He is the Lumbersexual.” The article ends with a picture of an “actual lumberjack” using a Stihl chain saw; he doesn’t look much like the guys in the other pictures.

Understand that these are not sites I frequent.

A web site called thebolditalic.com proclaims that “The lumbersexual is here to chop down metrosexuals,” while jezebel.com asks, “Who is the lumbersexual and is anything about him

clothes to the hipsters, to give them that real air of legitimate credibility, without having to earn it. You know…get your own pair of pre-worn vintage steel-toed boots, complete with oil stains, only $300 when you order online.

I’ve spent my whole life around this oft-misunderstood industry. I thought, how ironic. After all these years of loggers being outcast and maligned by society, finally: acceptance! Validation! Like Barbara Mandrell when she sang about being country before country was cool: look at everybody now trying to be what I was then.

But not so fast. I’m reminded of Conway Twitty’s counsel: don’t call him a cowboy until you’ve seen him ride. It strikes me that this is basically the same thing as the guy who likes to put on pressed Wranglers and Resistol hats and roper boots, but has never been on a horse—let alone shoveled manure. To use a term from my own youth, these dudes are just a bunch of wannabe posers. They don’t want to be you, they just want to look like you.

As for me in the immortal words of Hank, Jr.: “I am into basics and I don’t like fads.” But, unlike Bocephus, I shaved off my beard.

Passing The Torch

For the real thing, see the rest of the issue.

real?” Urban Dictionary defines a lumbersexual as “a metrosexual who has the need to hold on to some outdoor based ruggedness, thus opting to keep a finely trimmed beard.”

A November 12 piece in The Daily Beast by Tim Treeman (I guess that’s his real name?) claims the lumbersexual fashion is just the latest gay look to be stolen by straight men (http://www. thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/11/12/howstraight-world-stole-gay-the-last-gasp-of-the-lumbersexual.html). “Everybody, even those in flannel shirts and Abe Lincoln whiskers, knows the lumbersexual wants proper coffee more than he wants to chop down a tree,” Mr. Treeman laments.

“And lumberjacks, well, you should have really trademarked your look.”

Maybe it’s not too late. Hey, maybe this is a way we can finally start bringing the big bucks into the logging business. Last year I wrote about South Carolina’s lady logger Heather Gates, who sells her own brand of “Logging Life” apparel. Maybe we should start marketing a line of authentic logging

One of the more prevalent concerns these days is that there aren’t enough young men going into logging—maybe you should go to Starbucks and try to recruit a few lumbersexuals.

This issue’s At The Margins on page 44 focuses on recruiting the next generation of loggers. It mentions the story of Chad Nimmer and his mentor, Hugh Thompson of Georgia’s Pierce Timber. Pierce has a history of finding young men with potential, training them and then helping them get started. I plan to see Pierce’s operations, and some of those they’ve helped, and write about them in coming months.

I would also direct you to our news section, beginning on page 32, which memorializes the recently departed Travis Taylor, a big figure in Louisiana’s logging world. It is noted that he had a reputation for helping young loggers get off the ground. In 2013 I wrote about North Carolina’s Joe Ross, who has a similar record. There are many other examples.

Maybe that’s the model our industry should adopt. I see experienced loggers, who might be ready to take a step back in their own businesses, stepping up to take the young under their wings, acting as friend, forester and in some cases maybe financier.

On that note, next week I am going to speak to my son’s second grade class about our industry.

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Room To Grow ■ Bay River Logger adds a second crew, still looking to expand.

Bay River Logger purchased a new Tigercat 234 loader in February 2014. A new skidder may be next on the list.

By Jay Donnell NEW BERN, NC ewis family members— lots of them—have Bay River Logger LLC thriving today because of good planning and management, and harvesting efficiency.

They’re continuing the good work done by Guilford Lewis, Sr., who died three years ago after working in the woods for 50 years.

Guilford Lewis, Sr., started the business in 1954 cutting pulpwood by hand with a cross cut saw. He used it for two weeks to make

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enough money to put a down payment on a chain saw. “He said when he bought his first saw he put it by his bed when he slept because it was so valuable to him,” recalls his son, Jason Lewis.

Last year, Bay River Logger expanded to two crews and Jason, 37, believes the company still has room to grow. The company, which maintains a shop and office in New Bern, counts family members as the only employees of the business, but that could change in the near future with another expansion.

Employees (and family members) include Guilford Sr.’s sons Guilford

Lewis, Jr., Craig Lewis, Sr., Jason Lewis and Timothy Lewis, as well as Craig Lewis Jr. and Adam Lewis who are the sons of Craig, Sr. Guilford Sr.’s daughter, Carol Hudson, is a secretary for the company along with their mother, and leader, Carol Lewis. “We all kind of switch up and pretty much do everything,” Jason says. “Somebody will haul a couple and then run the loader or I’ll cut and then run the loader.”

Operations The company harvests 60-80 loads a week on flat, usually wet,

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terrain in the winter, but they produce up to 100 loads in the summer when the days grow longer. When Southern Loggin’ Times visited, they were thinning an 80-acre tract. They had been on the tract for a week and a half, but had to miss a few days due to bad weather. They expected to be on the tract for another week and a half. The company had previously thinned the same tract back in 2004. “We’re going in and taking out most of the diseased trees, the smaller pulpwood. We’re opening it up and giving it room to grow,” Jason explains. “The biggest challenge on this tract has just been the

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weather we’ve had.”

The company finds its tracts through Rankin Timber owned by James Rankin. They have worked together since 2005. “It’s been a really good relationship for us; my dad worked for James Rankin’s dad back in the 60s,” Lewis says.

In May 2014, Bay River Logger expanded to two crews in order to meet the demands of Rankin Timber, which has bought an increasing amount of land in recent years. “It’s actually worked out better for us because sometimes one crew will get rained out and the other crew can still work,” Lewis says. “When they’re moving and we’re working there’s still production going on so nobody is standing around anymore.”

Generally working (almost exclusively thinning) an hour away from their home office, Bay River Logger cuts pine 90% of the time. Pulpwood goes to Weyerhaeuser in New Bern; chip–n-saw to Weyerhaeuser in New Bern and ply logs go to Georgia-Pacific in Dudley, NC. They work on private land 60% of the time and federal land 40% of the time.

Employees usually arrive on site at 7 a.m. and leave whenever the last truck gets out. They get company-paid health insurance and they have a retirement plan that they put money into each year. Employees are also given a Christmas bonus almost every year.

When Bay River Logger arrives on a tract the first thing they do is meet with one of three foresters from Rankin Timber—James Rankin Jr., John Duff or Bobby Willis. Most of the time Rankin Timber has boundary lines flagged and ready for the company’s arrival and if there’s any roadwork to be done Rankin takes care of that as well. “They take a lot of the leg work out for us,” Lewis says. “They tell us how they want it cut and where the logs are going.”

When leaving a site the company makes sure to leave the land as clean as possible. If they’ve crossed any ditches or streams they’ll clean them out and make sure they’re good to go. “Most of it is common sense,” Lewis says. “Don’t leave ditches clogged up, don’t leave trash around and don’t leave oil buckets lying around.”

The company does a lot of work in nearby Croatan National Forest, on the Atlantic Coast, and the federal government makes them adhere to strict clean up procedures. “A lot of loggers can’t work in there because some of the rules are so different,” Lewis explains. “When you’re working with the federal government there are always random rules and regulations, but we know what they want so we get along with them.”

Flotation tires have helped Bay River Logger combat wet conditions.

From left: Carol Hudson, Carol Lewis, Guilford Lewis, Jr., Craig Lewis, Sr. and Jason Lewis

Equipment

Guilford Lewis, Jr. learned many lessons from his father Guilford Lewis, Sr.

The company runs mostly Tigercat equipment, including a 2005 720D cutter, 2014 234 loader with a CSI delimber and CSI bucksaw, 2002 720D cutter, 2005 240B loader, 2002 630B skidder, 2006 610 skidder, as well as a 2005 Franklin Q80 grapple skidder and Riley HydraGate delimber. Their main equipment dealer is A.G. Lassiter Equipment out of Chocowinity, NC. Tigercat has been good to the Lewis family. “I think Tigercat makes the best logging equipment,” Lewis says. “It’s tough, built to last and there’s never a lot of downtime with the Tigercats.”

Each employee that runs a machine greases that machine every other day, except for the cutter, which is greased every morning.

Every few weeks the machines get power washed and the company tries to quit early on Friday so they

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The company uses Maxi-Load scales.

can perform equipment maintenance on Saturday.

The company uses Petro Canada 68 for its hydraulic oil and they purchase most of their oil from Potter Oil in Aurora, NC. The company has two service trucks including a 2011 5500 Dodge and 1996 Ford F350. They get their hydraulic hose, fittings and supplies from Tim and Chris Alligood with Cavalier Hose in Greenville, NC. Truck parts are purchased from Lynette Spencer of Hunnings Truck Parts in New Bern.

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2005 Franklin Q80 grapple skidder gets the job done for Bay River Logger.

cellaneous supplies. The figure would have been higher if they didn’t save on labor costs by doing most of their own repair work. They spent $250,000 on fuel.

The company runs Primex and Goodyear tires. Last year, they started buying flotation tires because of increasingly wet conditions that North Carolina has seen over the past few years. Towards the west there’s a lot of clay and rock so flotation tires aren’t needed, but with the “peat moss kind of ground” to the east, flotation tires have been a huge help. “There’s no bottom to it, it just

keeps sinking and it’s almost like a sponge,” Lewis says. “We used to run 30.5’s, but since we started running the 73.44 x 32 we’ve been able to work more and keep going on wetter ground.”

The company owns a 1999 Freightliner, 1994 Kenworth T800 and a 1998 Peterbilt. The trucks are pulling a mixture of Pitts and Evans trailers as well as a Pitts and Dorsey lowboy. They use five contract trucks.

Bay River Logger recently started using Maxi-Load scales. They can haul up to 90,000 lbs. in North Car-

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olina, but they try to stay around 85,000 lbs. because they don’t want to put too much pressure on their trucks. “The scales have been a really big help to us because they can get it right on the money,” Lewis explains. “We don’t know how to log without them.”

On rainy days when they can’t work, employee’s get together at their shop in New Bern and build log mats.

Challenges/Issues Jason reports the company did okay through the recession with the

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help of Rankin Timber. Their biggest issue over the past couple of years has just been the weather conditions. “We had the wettest summer we can remember and Rankin Timber has bought up a lot of timber for us to cut, but it’s just been so wet,” Lewis says. “There are some tracts we’ve been trying to get for two years.”

Finding consistency in truck drivers is an issue for many loggers and it’s no different for Bay River Logger. They’ve had many come and go. “If you get a good one you better keep him,” Lewis says.

The company has had no prob-

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lems with safety. Employees look out for each other on the job site and since they’re all family they know they have each other’s backs.

Hardhats and orange vests are worn every day. Safety is always the number one priority with Bay River Logger. “The number one thing our daddy taught us was you need to work hard, but you have to do it safely because at the end of the day getting home safely is all that matters,” Lewis says.

Equipment vandalism isn’t a major issue for the company, but if they feel they’re in a risky environment they’ll try to hide equipment

as well as they can. With Croatan National Forest being public, there’s always a cause for concern.

“We try to be real nice to the neighbors, locals and hunters because that goes a long way,” Lewis explains. “We don’t just go in there and say ‘we’re going to take over this whole tract how we want to.’”

Another challenge for Lewis has been overhead costs. “The bottom line is we need more money to put the wood on the truck because the price of machines has gone up, the tires have gone up, workman’s comp and everything else,” Lewis says.

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Jason’s brother, Guilford, shares the same sentiment. “We’re making more money than we ever did, but we can’t keep as much because the cost of everything else has gone up.” Guilford says.

Ahead Bay River Logger is looking to expand again in the coming years.

Even after going to two crews in May, growing demands still put a strain on the employees. “Before we split up we could knock out a tract really quick and it seemed like we weren’t being as efficient, but now

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that we’ve split up we’re producing more loads per man and we’re just stretched a little thinner,” Jason says. “If I have a break down and I need somebody to help me it gets difficult because we don’t have enough people right now, but we’re looking to add a couple new employees soon.”

In addition to adding more employees, the company hopes to add another skidder in 2015. Lewis has started to see the advantages of new equipment after his purchase of a 2014 234 Tigercat loader in February 2014. “It’s been so good on fuel savings and we’re burning about half of what our older loader burns,” Lewis says. “We can go almost three days on a tank with the new loader and we usually have to fill up the tank on our older loader every day. When you start figuring that up at the end of the month you realize it’s a good investment.”

Bay River Logger became an official LLC in 2011. Jason and his family give all the credit to their father, Guilford Lewis, Sr., for making the business into what it is today. He retired in 2002.

“Our daddy taught us how to live, fight, get over things and how to have a common goal at the end of the day,” Guilford Lewis, Jr. explains. “Our Lord is first. If you put God first and the rest of the stuff second it will all work out.”

Jason started logging full time in 1995 and he knows that it takes a special kind of passion to make it in the logging business. “We know we’re not going to make a killing, we just know we’re going to make a good living,” he says.

Guilford shares the same passion as his younger brother.

“You’re out here in the woods working for yourself, doing what you want to do,” Guilford explains.

“There has to be a passion in you to be out here because when everything’s going smooth it can be wonderful, but if things are going bad it can be hell.”

All of the employees enjoy hunting in their spare time and they usually take Saturdays off during hunting season.

Bay River Logger is a member of the North Carolina Forestry Assn.

Jason Lewis and Craig Lewis, Jr. are Pro Logger certified and both attend training modules to keep their Pro Logger status active. SLT

Contact Jason Lewis at bayriverlogger@embarqmail.com.

Bay River Logger cuts pine 90% of the time.

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“Like Wildfire” ■ Veteran logger Beall credits his success to his faith and a focus on getting the job done right.

By David Abbott POPLARVILLE, Miss. he business cards for Beall Timber Logging and Chipping, LLC feature a line that reads, “Where faith and ★ perfection still make a difference.” For owner Joe Beall, 56, that’s more than just a motto. It’s a personal commitment to excellence, and he takes it very seriously.

“We do our chipping and logging together, so it leaves a very clean area for the landowner to herbicide

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and replant,” he says. When his crew finishes a tract, his goal is to leave it so that the landowner doesn’t have to do much, if anything, in terms of cleanup or site prep. No trash or debris is left behind. “We merchandise all pulpwood and chip up all the bushes, limbs, tops, brush, straw, anything that will chip, and leave a clean job for the landowner.

If something needs be burned, we give them the option of scattering it or putting it in a pile and burning it for them.”

That focus on taking care of the landowner, and the reputation for quality it has earned him, has paid

dividends. Beall got into chipping a decade ago and says, once landowners saw the difference in how a finished job looked, it “caught on like wildfire.” Now he has jobs lined up two years in advance. “Everybody would rather just wait and get that perfect job.”

The landowner isn’t the only one to benefit from Beall’s perfectionism. His chipper, he says, makes a consistent 3/8 in. chip for Enviva.

He keeps one of his loaders, a 2004 Prentice 2384, on the log yard at Dickens Wood Chips. The Beall family has long been friends with Bobby Dickens and his son Jeff,

who own the mill, which supplies chips to nearby Enviva in Wiggins.

When delivering a load of roundwood to Dickens, Beall’s two truck drivers hop in the Prentice cab to unload the trucks and move stacked wood to the chipper pile before heading back to the woods. For Beall, it’s no big deal. “We just enjoy what we do, and we try to leave a great job for everybody,” he shrugs.

As for the “faith” part of that slogan, Beall says that he and most of his men are very actively involved in their churches. He and his wife were faithful followers of Dr. Dan

Beall started chipping about 10 years ago, and says it caught on like wildfire as soon as landowners realized how much cleaner their tracts looked when he finished a harvest.

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Two Cat 559 loaders work together when possible, separately when necessary.

Lanier, former senior pastor at Northcrest Baptist Church in Meridian, until his retirement. They now attend New Beginnings Baptist in Poplarville. “The Lord built Beall Timber, and watches over us,” the logger believes.

Equipment Beall typically tries to keep all his men and machines together on a single crew, but sometimes—like when Southern Loggin’ Times visited last September—logistics force him to split things up. “We were in a very tight area,” he explained at the time. “We couldn’t get it all set up in one spot. It takes a big area to set up two loaders and two chippers.” The loaders—Cat 559C and 559D models—are each paired with CTR 426 delimbers and, when set up together, both feed one of the Vermeer chippers as well as sorting and loading log trucks.

The crew also uses three skidders—2012 and ’13 model Caterpillar 545s and a 2010 Cat 535— and three cutters—John Deere 643K, Timberking 340 and Cat 553 models.

The chippers came from Vermeer Midsouth in Jackson. “We’ve had good luck with them,” Beall says.

The other equipment came from Cat dealer Puckett Machinery and John Deere dealer Stribling Equipment, both in Hattiesburg.

As a rule, Beall’s policy has always been to keep at least half of his equipment under warranty at any given time. All of his equipment was bought new, and the pieces giving the least problems are naturally the ones that stick around the longest.

Family men: Derek, Joe and J.R. Beall, with their pal Callie the dog.

All of the newer Cat pieces fall under Cat’s CSA (customer support agreement) program for the first 5,000 hours. The maintenance program allows for unique plans tailored to the specific needs of the individual logger. For everything not covered by that plan, Beall keeps a full-time mechanic, Terry Daniels, on the job at all times, and he has a shop at his home base in Poplarville. He sends larger repair jobs to Smith Equipment Service in Poplarville. Beall believes in only buying OEM replacement parts.

“Put back what came on it,” he says. “That is the way it’s meant to be.”

The company spent just north of $300,000 last year on maintenance, Beall reports. He says other than fuel, the biggest cost in 2014 was chipper maintenance—sharpening and replacing knives especially. But that figure also includes tires. The 545 skidders, he says, are so strong that tires need to be rotated from rear to front at every 1,000 hours.

“You can count on replacing them every 2,500 hours.” He looks to Williams Tire and Services in Lucedale for tires, using Goodyear on his trucks and Firestone on equipment—size 35-32 on the skidders, 34s on the Deere cutter and 28s on the other two cutters. He duals everything when conditions get wet enough to warrant it.

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Beall believes in rotating skidder tires every 1,000 hours, replacing them every 2,500 hours.

General liability, workers’ comp and equipment insurance come from Horizon Insurance in Ridgeland. Though Beall feels pretty confident that the experienced men on his crew know what they’re doing,

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he still conducts regular safety meetings, with materials supplied by the insurance carrier. After all, a little reminder from time to time never hurt anyone.

Noting that he has spent 36 of his 56 years working in the woods, Beall considers that his older brother, J.R. Beall, 60, has been working with him for 26 years of that time.

Two of his men, Donald Ray Loper and David Ray Goodwin, have both been with him for more than 30 years. Another, Shannon Nelson, had been there for 30 years before opting to move on recently. Beall’s lifelong friend, Joe Herrin, recently took Nelson’s place. Goodwin is the most senior employee, now pushing 34 years on the job. Beall’s nephew, J.R.’s son Derek, also works on the crew.

The two Joes, Beall and Herrin, man the loaders. J.R. Beall, Loper and Goodwin drive the three skidders. Derek Beall, Carlos Smith and Brady Dedeaux operate the three feller-bunchers. Beall refers to Smith as the crew’s resident multitasker. “I move him around wherever I need him. He is my fill-in man and he is very good at all of it, and can do it all at a great pace.”

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Loader/chipper team: Tony Plunkett, Joe Beall, mechanic Terry Daniels, Joe Herrin

Cutter team: Brady Dedeaux, Carlos Smith, Derek Beall

Skidder team: David Ray Goodwin, J.R. Beall, Donald Ray Loper

Truck drivers: Steve Knezvich, Mike Prince

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nance, including refueling and changing and sharpening knives.

On a heavy chipping tract, Beall says it is normal for the chipper to burn through 300 gallons of fuel and to require near-constant knife sharpening and changing. When the chipper is less busy, Plunkett splits his time between the woods and helping take care of the family’s 160-acre cattle farm, where they also host auctions of high-end merchandise, small animals and livestock. “That keeps us busy, too,” Beall notes.

Nebraska native Steve Knezevich has been driving a truck for Beall for five years, while Mike Prince was recently hired to drive Beall’s new truck, a 2015 Western Star.

Beall says he has been growing increasingly interested in getting involved with the industry’s associations, but he has just been too busy to devote any time to it as yet.

Beall works as his own timber buyer, relying on relationships and reputation to keep the crew busy.

Markets The crew moves 130-150 loads a week. “We shoot for 30 every day, but 25 is what we have to get,” the owner explains. Of that total, 30-35 loads a week is in chip production. When they need to, he adds, they can produce 60-70 chip

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loads a week—in the first full week of January, they managed 73 loads of chips.

Log and chip-n-saw markets have been a little down for the area in recent months, but Beall says he has been really blessed with a strong pulpwood market. “After talking with some other loggers at the Midsouth show in September, I felt like we are in heaven here,” he says. “Some of them were getting $3 and $4 a ton for stumpage, and we are at $12.”

About 70% of the chips go to Enviva Pellets in Wiggins. A small amount of boiler fuel chips go to Recast Energy in Wiggins. He sends both pine and hardwood roundwood to Dickens Wood Chips, which uses its own Morbark to make chips for Enviva. When Enviva gets full, Beall sends the rest of his roundwood to International Paper in Bogalusa, a 53-mile one-way trek.

“As long as we can keep it under 70 miles, we are ok,” Beall says. Pine logs go to Hood Industries, also in

Wiggins, while hardwood logs go across state lines to Fornea 5 Lumber in Angie, La., and chip-n-saw to Joe N. Miles & Sons/Miles Lumber Co. in Bogalusa, La. Beall uses two trucks of his own, 2013 and ’15 Western Stars, and hauls the rest with seven contractors. All of the contract truckers are people he has known most of his life. “The general rule with contract trucks is that they don’t show up when you need them,” the logger says. “But these folks are very

dependable, and I count on them every day.” He has several four bolster Magnolia and Pitts log trailers and Peerless chip vans. “They are the best ever made,” he says. “They can take the beating.”

When it comes to finding tracts, Beall says his operation is totally independent. “We don’t work for any company; I buy my own timber.

I have my own contracts with all the mills, so that eliminates any middle man who takes a buck or two out for selling through them.”

Without a timber dealer, Beall is free to pass the savings on to landowners. “I may pay the landowner a little bit more, but it’s very, very beneficial to us.”

Perfect Timing After he graduated from Poplarville High School, Beall went to Pearl River Junior College, where he studied to be an electrician—a skill he has never put to use professionally. Once he finished he came straight to work running a skidder on his uncle’s logging crew. “I learned all my skills from my uncle, Sam Davis, who went to be with the Lord in 1984.” Beall says. Before too long, the young man decided he wanted to get out on his own, and so he started cutting shortwood in 1978.

“We grew from that to now because the Lord got my foot in the right open doors at the right time,” he reflects. “It was always perfect timing.” He gives an example: “The chipping market in our part of the country for years was just boiler fuel. When Enviva and Dickens’ chip mill were built, I was sitting in a perfect position. The Lord opened the door. I hauled Enviva its first load of hardwood chips, and Dickens its first load of roundwood.”

Beall’s wife Joie and her daughter Mendy Herring take care of the office. Beall has no children of his own, he says, but then adds, “I’ve raised plenty, though.” Another family member, Callie the dog, has been going to the woods with the crew every day for the last three years.

For Beall, the life he’s chosen is the perfect one, and supports the old adage about what happens to a person who spends his time doing what he loves. “I feel like I’ve never worked a day in my life,” Beall says. “I enjoy it that SLT much.”

Contact Joe Beall by email: bealltimber@yahoo.com

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Like Father, Like Son ■ Jim Colvin shows his son that a little good old-fashioned hard work is the key to success.

By Jessica Johnson MONTICELLO, Ga. im Colvin, 67, is a cantankerous fel★ low, with a big laugh and the tendency to say exactly what he’s thinking. But don’t let that fool you; under the beard is a heart of gold with a very strong work ethic, two things he’s quickly passing on to his son, Marcus, 33.

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on one of the biggest rodeos in Georgia every June to help raise money for scholarships. Colvin says that while the company does a lot of other things to help the community, like donating funds to needy families, being a Mason and helping give local kids school scholarships has been a high point for him in his charitable efforts.

It’s not just Colvin’s heart of gold that Marcus emulates. Both men have a very strong work ethic and passion for logging—even if the elder tried to suppress Marcus.

Colvin explains that he’s got sawdust in his veins and Marcus has been in the woods since he got out of high school.

“I tried to convince him otherwise but that’s what he wanted to do. I wanted to make sure he was committed, because if you’re not committed in this you won’t make it a year,” Colvin explains. It’s been 15 years since Marcus got out of high school, so you can say that he’s not only committed but making it.

While Colvin owns the business, Colvin Logging & Timber Buying,

After 35 years in the business, Colvin added chipping to the product mix 18 months ago.

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Marcus owns the trucking arm of the operation. “Owning the trucks helps get him in the business more.

It would be a nightmare if your dad walked up to you and dumped $3 million worth of equipment on you and said, ‘go to it son’. I’m trying to work him into it. He’s thirty something years old. He’s a responsible man,” Colvin explains of Marcus.

Eventually, the family business will be handed to the second generation.

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and Colvin is getting ready to make it an LLC, making it more of a business in place of a family thing. He also cites liability purposes for the change to an LLC. But the future of his company isn’t the only thing Colvin has at the forefront of his mind. The company recently expanded to producing chips when markets in their area expanded. That has been a welcomed change for Colvin, who has been in logging for 35 years.

Colvin explains that over the last three and a half decades, he’s downsized, changed equipment and changed his product line. Though the biggest change came 18 months ago when the chipper was brought online.

Left to right: David Sikorsky (Cat tech support), Jeff Jackson, Jim Colvin, Kyle Allen, Marcus Colvin, Brandon Justice (Yancey salesman), Riley Singleton, David Pope

Chipping Operations “It’s been going well,” Colvin says, proving that the foray into chipping has been a boost to the company. In his particular area of Georgia there was not a market for fuel wood, but then Piedmont Green Power in Barnesville came online, processing fuel wood for Georgia Power.

The creation of that market gave Colvin the opportunity to diversify a bit, taking his trash pile and making a product. Colvin did a lot of research and reading about various chippers but ultimately selected a 2013 Bandit 2590, with a Cat engine. “It was exactly what we wanted, the way it was set up,” Colvin explains.

Instead of using the whole tree, the Bandit takes limbs and needles only to make the fuel wood. He stresses, “We wanted to use the trash and not the product. I wanted something that would help us take something that wasn’t a product and make a product.”

Bandit of the Southeast provided Colvin Logging with their chipper, and while they might be far away, Marcus reports they are very good about getting parts to the machine.

Since it’s equipped with Cat engine, Colvin’s Cat dealer, Yancey Brothers in Macon, Ga., will service the engine.

Colvin bought his first Cat skidder in 2006, and has remained loyal since.

The crew has nearly doubled its load count just by tapping previously unmerchantable material.

Colvin’s son Marcus owns the trucking side, with four trucks in the fleet.

Colvin says when he first explained to some about how he wanted to set up his landing, with just the one loader feeding both the chipper and delimbing and loading trucks, people thought he was a little crazy. “We just started it and didn’t stop. Now, it’s just part of it. The delimber is on this end and the chipper is on the other,” he explains.

Since Marcus runs both the loader and the chipper via remote from his loader cab, if Colvin were to try to alter the set up it might not go over so well. “If I try to move the chipper he’d get mad. It’s become part of what he’s doing.”

After about six or eight weeks of finding a groove, Marcus and

He uses Pitts and Magnolia log trailers, with Peerless and ITI chip vans.

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the crew were able to boost production from 35-40 loads a week of roundwood to 60-70 loads a week of roundwood and chips.

Colvin adds with a note of pride that they are running the same crew; all they are doing is using unusable material.

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Caterpillar Loyalty The chipper is just one piece of Colvin Logging’s equipment list, which is dominated by Caterpillar equipment. The company has a 2014 553C Cat feller-buncher, 2013 525C Cat skidder, 2013 579 Cat knuckle-

boom loader with 426 CTR delimber and a 2013 D6K Cat dozer. The crew also has three spare pieces of equipment—535C Cat skidder, 643J John Deere feller-buncher and a Prentice loader.

Colvin doesn’t talk much about his loyalty to Cat, he just lets his

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equipment list speak for itself.

Though he’s run Franklin, John Deere, Prentice and Barko, in 2006 he purchased a Cat skidder and didn’t look back. “It was the biggest machine at that time and we needed a bigger, stronger machine,” he says, before adding with a wry

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smile, “I wish I still had all the money I spent on logging equipment over the years.”

He explains of the completely new Cat lineup, “Due to the new markets coming online it was time to update. All of our other equipment was getting a lot of age on it. I thought it would be better to just go ahead and update.”

Using Cat financing, and working with his dealer Brandon Justice with Yancey Brothers, Colvin was able to get everything he needed to keep his crew moving wood. Justice says that the Colvins are just plain good folks and easy to work with.

The Colvins are grateful to have a good relationship with Justice, Jacob Pope, the service manager at Yancey Brothers, and David Sikorsky, technical product support rep, with Cat corporate. Sikorsky says, “Caterpillar believes the relationship with the dealer and the customer is very important and the machines should help the customer be efficient and profitable.”

Marcus echoes those sentiments saying that they’ve been taken real good care of. “If there is a problem they fix it and make sure we have a replacement piece to keep working.

We were never down at all.”

That was important in the summer of 2013, when they had issues with the feller-buncher. The 553C attachment had an issue, but Sikorsky was able to help correct the issue. There were problems with the

bearing on the bunching arm. It took a few days to fix, using an update that had been designed by corporate. When the pin broke in the arm, the machine was only a couple hundred hours new.

Colvin says that even though the feller-buncher has broken twice, it’s to be expected. “If you use something the way we use it, it’s going to break. They’ve fixed it. That machine has been turned over three

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times and it’s less than a year old.”

The Colvins have the first 579C loader sold in Georgia. Marcus says what ultimately swayed him was the machine’s swing torque. Since the Colvin’s are regularly cutting a lot of big hardwood, the swing torque helps keep up a steady pace. Marcus adds, “It’s strong. There’s not much you can say besides it’s strong. It’s real fuel-efficient. It burns less than five gallons an hour.”

Since all of the equipment is relatively new, everything is under war-

ranty and major maintenance is handled by Yancey Bros. Oil is changed every 500 hours. Kyle Allen, the crew’s skidder driver, is responsible for greasing the equipment every other day.

Routine maintenance is handled in the woods, aided by a service truck with diesel fuel, oil and an air compressor. Chambers Oil Co. in Milledgeville, Ga. provides all oil products, including off road fuel.

The Colvins turn to S&T Parts in Forsyth for chains on the delimber.

Tract Types Colvin’s main separations are hardwood and pine pulpwood, saw timber, chip-n-saw and pallet wood, in addition to chips. Colvin does a mixture of buying his own wood and contract cutting for Canal Wood, LLC, a timber dealer with offices in nearby Forsyth, working with procurement forester Riley Singleton.

The crew typically finds itself on 75 acres of mixed product clear-cuts

when on Canal tracts. Purchased tracts are a little smaller, averaging 50 acres. The crew works within a 60-mile radius of the home base (and shop) in Monticello, Ga. Singleton says, “They are second to none as far as quality in the woods.

As far as wood separations, their attention to detail, they do a quality job every single time. Pretty much Colvin cuts everything I have in this area.” Colvin says that most of the time they are on Canal land.

Marcus stresses that they don’t burn bridges with other timber companies, because you never know when you’re going to need help getting a job. When it comes to purchase tracts, most are repeat customers.

“Most of what we get is folks we’ve worked with in the past that call us back. We don’t go out looking for wood. Riley is our go-to if we don’t have something of our own, he’s always got good wood,” Marcus says.

Trucking Arm Marcus owns and operates the trucking arm of the logging business. He sums it up, saying, “It’s a little aggravating but you work with it. That’s what you’ve got to do to get rid of the wood. It’s hard to depend on contract truckers because you don’t know when they are going to show up and when they’re not.”

The crew has four trucks to work with: one Peterbuilt and three Freightliners. Log trailers are Pitts with one Magnolia; chip trailers are Peerless and ITI. Truck loads are trimmed with a Stihl polesaw.

Buice’s Garage in Forsyth does all major repairs for the trucks, with tires and brakes handled by Marcus.

Trailer tires are recaps because the Colvins have found that they don’t give any trouble and are a little more affordable. Truck tires are a mix of Firestone or Toyo, supplied

by Action Tire in Macon.

Typically, one truck is dedicated to hauling chips, while the rest run roundwood. Thursday night is ticket night, and Colvin’s boss, his wife Katie, does all the bookwork.

Marcus explains that his momma is “old school,” and does everything manually.

Katie’s old school mentality in regards to the bookwork isn’t the only part of the operation that benefits from the idea of hard work paying off. Marcus says that the most important part of the operation is their reputation. The family has one of the best in their part of Georgia.

“You want to make sure you do a good job for the landowners and you get repeat business. It’s quality, SLT not quantity,” he says.

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The Best Of Bob Hope (1903-2003) On Turning 70—“I still chase women, but only downhill.”

On Turning 80—“That’s the time of your life when even your birthday suit needs pressing.”

On Turning 90—“You know you’re getting old when the candles cost more than the cake.”

On Turning 100—“I don’t feel old. In fact, I don’t feel anything until noon. Then it’s time for my nap.”

On Giving Up His Early Boxing Career—“I ruined my hands in the ring. The referee kept stepping on them.”

On Never Winning An Oscar—“Welcome to the Academy Awards, or, as it’s called at my home, ‘Passover.’”

On Golf—“Golf is my profession. Show business is just to pay the green fees.”

On Presidents—“I have performed for 12 presidents but entertained only six.”

On Why He Chose Show Business For His Career—”When I was born, the doctor said to my mother, ‘Congratulations, you have an eight pound ham.’”

On Receiving The Congressional Gold Medal—“I feel very humble, but I think I have the strength of character to fight it.”

On His Family’s Early Poverty—“Four of us slept in the one bed. When it got cold, mother threw on another brother.”

On His Six Brothers—“That’s how I learned to dance. Waiting for the bathroom.”

On His Early Failures—“I would not have had anything to eat if it wasn’t for the stuff the audience threw at me.”

On Going To Heaven—“I’ve done benefits for all religions. I’d hate to blow the hereafter on a technicality.”

“If I Were The Devil…”

This speech was broadcast by legendary ABC Radio commentator Paul Harvey on April 3, 1965: “If I were the devil . . . I mean, if I were the Prince of Darkness, I would of course, want to engulf the whole earth in darkness. I would have a third of its real estate and four-fifths of its population, but I would not be happy until I had seized the ripest apple on the tree, so I should set about however necessary to take over the United States. “ I would begin with a campaign of whispers. With the wisdom of a serpent, I would whisper to you as I whispered to Eve: “Do as you please…do as you please.” To the young, I would whisper, “The Bible is a myth.” I would convince them that man created God instead of the other way around. I would confide that what is bad is good, and what is good is “square.” In the ears of the young marrieds, Those who sit in a procurement office and crunch numbers to determine a logging rate I would whisper that work is don’t always take into account the unpredebasing, that cocktail parties dictable nature of the logging challenge, are good for you. I would cau- which could be called Murphy’s Law on steroids. In this instance, these two tion them not to be extreme in machines, valued at upwards of $600,000, religion, in patriotism, in left their productive positions and wasted moral conduct. an hour in righting a loaded truck in North “And the old, I would teach Carolina. The truck’s experienced on-highto pray. I would teach them to way driver violated a sacred woods road rule: ‘the loaded truck always has the rightsay after me: “Our Father, of-way.’ Yielding to a couple of empty trucks which art in Washington” . . . coming in, he eased his rig over, striking a “If I were the devil, I’d edu- culvert hidden by overgrown vegetation. cate authors in how to make When all the right side tires slipped into the lurid literature exciting so that drainage ditch, over she went. Nobody was hurt. Readers are asked to send photos of anything else would appear the unordinary: upended or stuck equipdull and uninteresting. I’d ment, unusual stuff found on the job, situathreaten TV with dirtier tions that develop, etc. E-mail high quality movies and vice versa. photos to dk@hattonbrown.com.

“And then, if I were the

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devil, I’d get organized. I’d infiltrate unions and urge more loafing and less work, because idle hands usually work for me.

“I’d peddle narcotics to whom I could. I’d sell alcohol to ladies and gentlemen of distinction. And I’d tranquilize the rest with pills. If I were the devil, I would encourage schools to refine young intellects but neglect to discipline emotions . . . let those run wild. I would designate an athiest to front for me before the highest courts in the land and I would get preachers to say “she’s right.” “ With flattery and promises of power, I could get the courts to rule what I construe as against God and in favor of pornography, and thus I would evict God from the courthouse, and then from the school house, and then from the houses of Congress and then, in His own churches. I would substitute psychology for religion, and I would deify science because that way men would become smart enough to create super weapons but not wise enough to control them.

“If I were Satan, I’d make the symbol of Easter an egg, and the symbol of Christmas, a bottle. If I were the devil, I would take from those who have and I would give to those who wanted, until I had killed the incentive of the ambitious. And then, my police state would force everybody back to work. Then, I could separate families, putting children in uniform, women in coal mines, and objectors in slave camps. In other words, if I were Satan, I’d just keep on doing what he’s doing.”

A Senior Moment It all started at Cabela’s, the sporting goods store.

When I was ready to pay for my ammunition the cashier said, “Strip down, facing me.”

Making a mental note to complain to the NRA about the gun control wackos running amok, I did just as she had instructed.

When the hysterical shrieking and alarms finally subsided, I found out that she was referring to how I should place my credit card in the cardreader.

I have been asked to shop elsewhere in the future.

They need to make their instructions to seniors a little clearer.

(I still don’t think I looked that bad.)

What Is Globalization?

Consider Princess Diana’s death, an unfortunate incident in which an English Princess with an Egyptian boyfriend crashes in a French tunnel while riding in a German car fitted with a Dutch engine; and driven by a Belgian who was drunk on Scottish whisky; followed closely by Italian Paparazzi riding Japanese motorcycles; and treated by an American doctor using Brazilian medicines.

This email message was originated by a Canadian using American Bill Gates’ technology, on a computer that uses Taiwanese chips and a Korean monitor, which were assembled by Bangladeshi workers in a Singapore plant, transported by Indian truck drivers, hijacked by Indonesians, unloaded by Sicilian longshoremen, and trucked to you by Mexicans who are in the U.S. illegally because the current president, born in Kenya and educated as a Muslim in Indonesia, refuses to enforce U. S. law.

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INDUSTRY NEWS ROUNDUP As We See It—Achieving Sustainable Business Practices

By Myles Anderson

try, there are specific items that demand attention, among eing in the logging busithem cost of operations, a ness has always meant safe work environment, well long hours away from home, maintained equipment, prohard work and a special fulductive employees, just to fillment associated with mention a few. At times accomplishing things most regardless of the amount of Anderson couldn’t dream of. As a busiattention paid, problems can ness owner regardless of the indusoccur and a business owner must be

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prepared to deal with them. Unfortunately there are also cases where less-than-honest business practices can prevent an honest business owner from being able to compete on a level playing field.

Operating in one of the most dangerous industries in the country forces any good business manager to closely watch all business practices

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that add to their overall liability. Any business in the timber harvesting industry should be a corporation, LLC or some other structure that would limit an owner’s personal liability. If your business is not classified in this manner, it would be well worth your while to look into making a change. If you use subcontractors for falling timber, hauling logs or other activities, then a well thought out and legally binding subcontractor agreement must be in place. If your insurance companies have not already talked to you about this then I would contact them or your state association for more information on the subject.

Understanding the legalities of a subcontractor’s role in your business is very important, and at the end of the day, knowledge and the associated response are the things that separate a successful business from the others. A subcontractor is not privileged to the benefits that your company may give to employees such as health care, retirement, your workman’s compensation coverage or coverage under your liability insurance policy. A subcontractor is told where to do the work but not how to do it, and must possess the necessary tools required for the job. Ignoring the legality of this responsibility may in the short-term provide an advantage in securing work, but in the long run when the lawyers, insurance companies and injured third parties have their day in court, I would not want to hide behind ignorance of the law as my defense.

A fair bid process is one that would put cost control and production as the primary factors that dictate the outcome; however that is not always the case. Understanding the law and the liability associated with having subcontractors working for you is critical. As a business owner you cannot provide tools to a subcontractor to perform a service and at the same time enjoy the benefits of a subcontractor relationship. The same is true for the entity you may work for.

As the need for fiber increases, and we all hope it does, the path to get our products to consumers will be an interesting one. Laws have been put in place and continue to govern us as a country, however some businesses tend to operate with comfort in the gray area. As an industry it seems the timber harvesting community has always put its head down and worked harder and there is absolutely nothing wrong with that, assuming they are compensated appropriately. Fiber supply and consuming

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businesses are operated for a profit, just as we the producers do, but some do it legally and some operate in the gray area.

Business practices are merely decisions that are made by individuals and if your business is run in the most ethical way you know, then you can look yourself in the mirror every day and be proud of what you’ve accomplished. I like to believe that in most cases, the CEOs of the companies that operate in the gray area are not completely aware of what is going on under them.

One can only hope that these people who cannot look in the mirror with pride will be replaced with managers who can. Unethical business practices are not a sustainable business model. If we are to succeed as an industry it will be due to our character, the trust we have established, and positive working relationships.

brow—he was seldom seen without it—so his family decided that he be buried with it. As well, all pallbearers wore the same hat.

The son of a shortwood pulpwood producer, Travis earned a forestry degree from Louisiana Tech in 1966 and soon was producing shortwood himself, staying the course until 1974, when he converted to treelength logging. He gambled with the cut-to-length system in 1997, working primarily on RoyOMartin holdings but also performing some specialty work on the Kisatchie National Forest. He spent three weeks in Finland, talking with Ponsse officials about CTL equipment, the CTL method, and observing how Scandinavian loggers made the system work.

By 1998, Travis Taylor Logging and Chipping fielded five crews: two conventional treelength, two cut-tolength and one chipping. For a time Anderson is president of the Amerihe had four CTL teams in the mix, can Loggers Council and he and his even trying some experimental doufather Mike own and operate Anderble shifting with harvesters and forson Logging, Inc. based in Fort Bragg, warders, but idled the CTL teams in Calif. The American Loggers Council 2002, among other reasons because is a non-profit 501(c) (6) corporation of machine downtime inflicted by representing professional timber harvesters in 30 states. For more informa- thick, unforgiving underbrush, and operators who could not handle the tion, visit.americanloggers.org or solitude of the CTL system. phone 409-625-0206.

In the 1990s Travis was instrumental in getting the Louisiana Travis Taylor Eulogized Logging Council (LLC) up and going and ultimately served as presIn Winnfield, Louisiana ident of the organization. He was Funeral services for selected as the LLC Louisiana logging Logger of the Year in leader and forestry 1997. Ten years later business entrepreneur he became involved Travis Taylor were with the American conducted December Loggers Council, 30 in Winnfield, La. working through the Taylor, 69, died Deofficer ranks and cember 27 at his resiserving as the ALC dence in the Brewpresident for 2012ton’s Mill community.

13. As well, he He had undergone helped organize and treatment for lung Travis Taylor in 2006 in his char- implement a forestry cancer for some two acteristic dress: denim long trade show in sleeve shirt, black CAT hat years.

Louisiana and was In his 48-year logging career, instrumental in starting a training Travis made many friends with his program for logging equipment warm, outgoing manner, inquisitive operators. He also served on the nature, positive attitude, and sense board of the Timbermen’s Self of humor. He was respected and Insured Fund. admired as a gifted leader, visionBuck Vandersteen, Executive ary, mentor, innovator, and entreDirector of the Louisiana Forestry preneur; and was known for his Assn., called Travis “the E.F. Hutinspiration, determination, forward ton of logging—when he spoke, thinking, and willingness to take people listened. Travis was conscirisks. He enjoyed engaging all types entious in his work, and his crew of people. “I think I can learn some- was one of the best. Travis’ legacy thing from just about every person I will be the good will, vision, and come in contact with,” he was fond compassion of a selfless man with of saying. All of this was reflected big ideas for making logging one of in the hundreds of friends and asso- the best and most respected busiciates who turned out to offer connesses in forestry.” dolences to his family and to bid Danny Dructor, Executive Vice him farewell.

President of the American Loggers One of Travis’ most telling charCouncil, issued this statement: acteristics was the black CAT cap “Travis was a friend and mentor, he wore pulled far down on his and most importantly a man who

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lived by his faith. ‘Back-up’ and ‘bluff’ were not in his vocabulary, as he spent almost every waking moment thinking of ways to make this industry a better place to work.

I considered Travis a dear friend, and greatly valued the time we had together.”

Ever in the hunt for business opportunities, Taylor and several other Louisiana loggers acquired a closed chemical plant in Pollock, La. in 2003 and formed Vanguard SynFuels with the intent of ultimately producing biofuels from for-

est residues and juvenile pine trees.

That plan never materialized and the group eventually sold the plant to other chemical interests. In 2006 Taylor and Mickey Hawkins, a friend and fellow logger, acquired the Martin Forest Products chip mill in Winnfield, renamed and upgraded the facility and operated it for some four years before selling it.

Perhaps his most notable achievement was the 2004 founding of the Southern Loggers Cooperative (SLC), a forestry and agricultural non-profit based in

Pineville, La. Taylor had toyed with the idea for many years but encountered little interest from other loggers. When fuel costs began to rise, some loggers could see the benefit of coming together to trim costs.

Taylor found eight counterparts who were willing and able to invest in the organization. Starting with a single station in Winnfield in 2005, the SLC today operates 24 stations in seven states that sold almost 29 million gallons of fuel in 2014. The SLC now has more than 1,800 members from 15 states. Taylor

was the SLC’s first elected president-chairman (2005) and served in that capacity throughout 2009, remaining a board member through 2012.

“Even with our growth, he was always pushing us to do more to help as many loggers as possible,” relates SLC Executive Director/CEO Todd Martin, who went on to comment on Travis’ entrepreneurial acumen and leadership: “Many never knew the amazing businessman he was, and that was perfectly fine with Travis. The thing about him was that he was never satisfied with average. He often said, ‘Average is the top of the bottom or the bottom of the top.’ Travis did not want himself or any company or organization he was associated with to be average. He was constantly thinking of inventive ways to help make logging and the timber industry more efficient. More than any other person I know, he helped change the image of logging for the better.”

Last May at the annual meeting of the LLC and the Louisiana Forestry Assn., Travis was awarded the LLC’s first Lifetime Achievement Award for all of his work in advancing logging efficiency and professionalism in the state during his storied career.

“Travis was always one to help the young logger and I always admired that about him,” said LLC president Buzz Jenkins during the special occasion.

Survivors include his widow, Sharon—to whom he was married for 42 years—two daughters, five grandchildren and several nieces and nephews.

The family requests that contributions be made to the Travis Taylor Memorial Scholarship Fund, Louisiana Forestry Foundation, P.O. Box 5067, Alexandria, LA 71307.

BITCO, Weyerhaeuser Are First IWE Sponsors BITCO Insurance and Weyerhaeuser are the first two companies to acquire sponsorships offered by InWoodsExpo, the family-friendly, live forestry equipment event set June 18-20 near Hot Springs, Ark. and jointly sponsored by the Arkansas Timber Producers Assn. and HattonBrown Publishers. BITCO will sponsor name badges and Weyerhaeuser will sponsor tote bags.

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people movers. The entrance arch sponsorship will consist of a 2x4 ft. panel bearing the sponsor’s name and logo. The Friend of Expo designation means the sponsor will have its name and logo included in the

sponsor page of IWE’s official program. For pricing, contact show manager Larry Boccarossa: 501224-2232.

Boccarossa reports that Caterpillar, Morbark, and Vermeer Midsouth

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Producers Assn. and Hatton-Brown Publishers. Additional exhibitors are coming in weekly.

Meanwhile, show sponsors are adding extra layers of appeal to the show. For the first time, on-site parking will be available for both exhibitors and attendees. They have lined up a talented chain saw carving group, Artistry In Wood, to create and sell carvings on site, and are creating special activities for children in a dedicated area. Sponsors also expect to bring back the popu-

lar Stihl timber sports events. Continuing education and training courses will also again be offered for loggers and foresters at no additional cost beyond admission.

Always known for attracting key decision makers since its debut in 2004, the InWoodsExpo this year could be the most promising event in the series, according to Boccarossa, who points to a stronger economy and recovering forest industry, along with a robust promotional campaign.

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RockTenn To Merge With MeadWestvaco RockTenn Co. and MeadWestvaco Corp. have entered into a merger agreement that will create a $16 billion producer of consumer and corrugated packaging. The combined company, to be named prior to closing, will be 50.1% owned by MWV shareholders and 49.9% owned by RockTenn shareholders.

The agreement has been unanimously approved by the boards of directors of both companies. MWV stockholders will receive 0.78 shares of the new company for each share of MWV held. RockTenn shareholders will be entitled to elect to receive either one share of the new company or cash.

Steven Voorhees, CEO of RockTenn, will serve as CEO and president of the new company. John Luke, Jr., chairman and CEO of MWV, will become non-executive chairman of the board of directors.

The combined company will maintain its principal executive offices in Richmond, Va., and will have operating offices in Norcross, Ga. The transaction still requires the approval of shareholders of both MWV and RockTenn and is subject to regulatory approvals and other customary closing conditions. Both parties target closing the transaction in the second quarter of this year.

Stimpson Lived Life To The Fullest “We run the lumber business to hunt,” Billy Stimpson once said with a smile, though not necessarily kidding.

Stimpson, who died January 17 at age 94 in Mobile, Ala., was pretty good at both, partnering with his brothers in the Gulf Lumber Co. southern pine sawmill operation in Mobile, while displaying a passion for hunting and fishing, and continuing the family commitment to wildlife and forestry management.

During his working career Stimpson was very involved in trade associations relating to the forest products industry and was a respected and well-known state and national leader. He served with the Alabama Forestry Assn. (president, 1967), Alabama Forestry Commission (chairman, 1972), Southern Forest Products Assn. (president, 1977), and the National Forest Products Assn. (president, 1982).

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AT THE MARGINS What Can Loggers Do About The Recruiting Challenge?

By Tom Trone, John Deere Forestry When he was growing up, Chad Nimmer did not plan to become a logger. His family was not in the logging business, so his father didn’t push him in to forestry. So Nimmer explored career options that would fulfill his love of working outdoors.

His exploration ultimately led him to the timber industry, and he worked a couple different jobs before joining Pierce Timber Company, a family-owned business based in his hometown. After a couple of years, he and his mentor Hugh Thompson purchased what is now known as Suwannee Forest Products in Fargo, Ga., which continues to produce for Pierce Timber Company.

Nimmer, 38, is just the kind of person the industry needs. He’s young, ambitious and sees the potential of a career in forestry.

Unfortunately, there are not many people choosing his career path, and it’s leaving loggers struggling to find good, young people to hire.

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For an industry that faces many challenges, recruiting is perhaps the largest. In the short term, to lower costs, loggers are reducing their headcount, using only what crews that they can utilize most efficiently. In many cases, this means equipment is sitting idle and revenue opportunities are lost.

In the long term, the logging recruiting challenge will contribute to logger business consolidation and/or timber owners and mills hiring their own crews to meet demand for wood. Mills outsourced wood supply to timber owners and loggers some time ago but may be forced to take control again if loggers cannot meet their requirements.

Why is this happening? It’s not for lack of people. There are plenty of young men and women, like Nimmer, who might be interested in a career in logging, if they only knew about it; kids who are interested in working outdoors, who are intrigued

by operating equipment, or who are looking for unique opportunities.

It starts at the high school level.

Just about every vocation you can think of has a process and an organization in place to educate young people about their industries, to show them the opportunities that exist, what the job is like, what kind of training is required, and what kind of living can be made. Farming, construction, manufacturing, plumbing, and other skilled trades all have effective recruitment programs, active in high schools around the country.

Programs like this used to exist for forestry/logging, but over the years have diminished. Today there may be just a few high school programs sprinkled in some communities around the country, and there is no real industry-wide effort.

Logging is at another disadvantage because it’s an “invisible business.” People see construction sites almost every day. Ask someone what a farm looks like, and they can give a pretty accurate description.

But logging happens in remote parts of the country, well beyond the view of the everyday observer. Very few people have any concept of what logging is all about.

So if you ask someone to describe what loggers do, they will rely on their imagination, or worse, what they see on television. They might describe backbreaking labor, chainsaws, and dangerous working conditions, all for minimal pay. These are some of the misconceptions people have about logging, and they are doubtless contributing to the recruiting problem the industry faces.

So what can be done about it?

Certainly, an industry response is in order. It’s up to regional and national logging organizations to address the issue head-on and develop a plan to promote logging as a viable career choice for young people. But an effort like that takes time, and rather than waiting for it to happen, loggers can begin to take the initiative themselves and try to improve the situation in their local areas.

Here are a few things loggers can do to improve recruiting efforts on their own: Tell your story. You know that logging can be a lucrative, rewarding career, but as we noted above, most people don’t have that knowledge. By sharing your story, you can change people’s perceptions.

Why did you get into logging?

What is it like to work in the woods? What sense of pride do you get by providing a resource that is

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What do you love about what you do? Every chance you get, take the opportunity to tell others about what it’s like to be a logger and why you think others should consider it as a career.

Reach out to students. When it comes to creating an interest in logging, you can’t start too young.

Hosting open houses for young kids and their parents—letting them see the equipment, telling them about how logs are used and how to keep forests healthy—is a great way to start. At the high school level, you can work with guidance counselors to educate kids about careers in logging. Talk with students about how they can get info about the timber industry, what career opportunities exist, and what education they need.

Offer job shadowing or field trip opportunities for students who want to see logging first hand.

Become active in your local business community. Chances are your local town or city has a chamber of commerce, a Rotary Club, or other organizations of business and community leaders. These organizations can offer great opportunities for you to share your story and to get connected to people interested in careers in logging. By getting involved in committees, participating in job fairs and other events, and networking with other business leaders, you can raise your company’s profile and create awareness for the logging industry in general.

The recruitment issue facing loggers has indeed reached a crisis point. But that does not mean loggers need to sit back and wait for the inevitable. By taking the initiative, you can make a difference in your local community and create a pipeline of eager, qualified young men and women to help you meet the growing demand for wood.

Once you are successful at recruiting quality employees, your job isn’t done. You need to develop them, train them, and make sure they are satisfied and are growing in their careers so they stay with you and continue to help your company to be successful, productive and profitable. Next month in At The Margins we will look at the Human Resources side of the logging business, and what you can do to develop your people.

Tom Trone is Director of John Deere’s North American forestry business, and is responsible for all sales and marketing activities as well as product development. Over his career, he has owned and operated several businesses. He is also a lecturer at the University of Illinois where he has taught the subjects of entrepreneurship, business strategy, organizational development and leadership.

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Call or visit our website: www.tidewaterequip.com SKIDDERS 2010 CAT 535C....................................$82,900 2001 Deere 648GIII .............................$40,625 2008 Deere 648H.................................$85,500 2008 Deere 748H.................................$82,500 2010 Deere 648H...............................$100,000 2011 Deere 648H...............................$130,000 2005 Deere 748GIII .............................$57,000 2011 Tigercat 610C...........................$130,000 2004 Tigercat 620C.............................$67,500 2005 Tigercat 620C.............................$66,000 2006 Tigercat 620C.............................$83,750 2008 Tigercat 620C...........................$105,000 2008 Tigercat E620C...........................$98,000 2003 Tigercat 630C.............................$40,000 2006 Tigercat 630C.............................$70,000

FELLERBUNCHERS 1995 Tigercat 726 ...............................$25,000 2011 CAT 563 ....................................$119,900 2009 Deere 643J .................................$85,000 2007 Prentice 2384 .............................$75,000 2007 Prentice 2470 .............................$54,000

2008 Prentice 2470 .............................$81,250 2008 Prentice 2570 .............................$95,000 2006 Tigercat 718 ...............................$65,000 2011 Tigercat 718E ...........................$152,335 1998 Tigercat 720B .............................$30,900 2006 Tigercat 720D.............................$78,500 2009 Tigercat 720E ...........................$112,000 2011 Tigercat 720E ...........................$143,000 2005 Tigercat 724D.............................$85,200 2004 Timberking TK360......................$58,000

LOG LOADERS 2008 Barko 495ML ..............................$70,000 2006 Prentice 280 ...............................$40,000 2003 Timberjack 430B ........................$24,500 2002 Tigercat 230B .............................$50,000 2004 Tigercat 240B .............................$45,000 2005 Tigercat 230B .............................$47,500 2005 Tigercat 240B .............................$55,000 2005 Tigercat 250 ...............................$60,000 2007 Tigercat 244 ...............................$79,900 2008 Tigercat 234 ...............................$87,500 2011 Tigercat 234 .............................$132,500

INDUSTRIAL EQUIPMENT 1997 MORBARK 22...............................60,000 2009 MORBARK 40/36 NCL DRUM CHIPPER ........................................$243,750 2010 MORBARK 4600XL ..................$349,500 2011 MORBARK 40/36 NCL DRUM CHIPPER ........................................$225,000

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2010 PRENTICE 2670—22" Cat Saw Head; 28L x 26 Tires - 70% Front New Rear; Hours: 4,756; S/N: PB19877 ..............................$129,500

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Logging company looking for an expert in the process of production and distribution of mulch. Candidate must be able to coordinate the production of the mulch from raw material into finished product. Must also have knowledge of the market in order to distribute the mulch successfully.

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Cable Hook Strikes Driver’s Face During Unbinding BACKGROUND: On a fall morning in the South, a log truck driver was pulling the cables off his load at a woodyard unbinding station.

PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS: The contract log truck driver was fully trained and had over 20 years of experience. He was wearing a hard hat, safety glasses, gloves, and a high-visibility vest.

UNSAFE ACT & CONDITION:

While pulling the cable off the front of the load, the cable hook snagged somewhere on top of the load. The driver jerked the cable forcefully to free the hang-up.

ACCIDENT: The hook pulled free suddenly, falling and striking the driver on the left side of his face.

INJURY: The driver received lacerations and contusions on the left side of the face around the

eye, and the left eye was swollen shut. The driver parked his tractortrailer outside the woodyard and departed to seek medical attention.

His physician gave him two prescriptions for his injury, and he was out of work approximately three days due to the swelling.

RECOMMENDATIONS FOR CORRECTION: Never stand directly underneath the path of the cable or other tiedown hook if you must pull it back over the top of the load. Stand back and to the side.

Always wear a hardhat, safety glasses, and other Personal Protective Equipment while unbinding a load.

PPE probably prevented a more severe injury in this incident.

Some pivot-arm unbinding racks at woodyards have added a metal ledge just under the pivoting arms to protect the driver from being hit by the binder hook when it is pulled off from above. See FRA Technical Releases 11-R-19 and 12-R-16 for two innovative means to prevent injury when pulling off load straps or cables.

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25-March 1—Appalachian Hardwood Manufacturers Annual Meeting, Hyatt Coconut Point, Bonita Springs, Fla. Call 336885-8315; visit appalachian wood.org.

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September 13-15—Alabama Forestry Assn. annual meeting, Perdido Beach Resort, Orange Beach, Ala. Call 334-265-8733; visit alaforestry.org.

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